This book historicizes entrepreneurship research, its primary thesis being `history matters’. Expert contributors discuss the field’s long history and explore whether it has developed a mature
and comprehensive knowledge base. The intellectual roots of several important theories are then examined in depth because, as entrepreneurship research has become more theory driven, and
scholars have borrowed theories from many different fields, it becomes increasingly important to understand their origin. Finally, the book demonstrates how economic history research (for
example, the historical and institutional context of entrepreneurial behaviour) can contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurship.
